Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #33350 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

lillielily

Two or more mechanical changes in one word: sinne → sin, vnderstande → understand.

Puritas changed it: 259 times in 119 works
Consistency: 99.6% (259 of 260)
Reach if approved: ~275 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: lily
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 262 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (259 changes in 119 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 259)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… how easily is man wonne, to answere his commenders speculation? Let him fetch the LillieLily, purenesse of heart; which is an herbe of grace, growing in the humble valley …
With rule
… how easily is man wonne, to answere his commenders speculation? Let him fetch the LillieLily, purenesse of heart; which is an herbe of grace, growing in the humble valley …
Thomas Adams · A Divine Herbal Together with a Forest of Thorns · p. 85 · Open in the reader
Printed
… roabes, as ſay in his Parlament roabes, is a ſight ſomewhat glorious; neuertheleſſe, the LillieLily (as our Sauiour ſpeaketh) doth exceede all that Art can ſet them out with …
With rule
… roabes, as ſay in his Parlament roabes, is a ſight ſomewhat glorious; neuertheleſſe, the LillieLily (as our Sauiour ſpeaketh) doth exceede all that Art can ſet them out with …
Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Ephesians 1 · p. 342 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſtudie to deſtroy the Vines, and lay this Vineyard waſte. It is like a LillieLily amongst thornes, aſſaulted on the one ſide by vnbeleeuers, and on the other ſide …
With rule
… ſtudie to deſtroy the Vines, and lay this Vineyard waſte. It is like a LillieLily amongst thornes, aſſaulted on the one ſide by vnbeleeuers, and on the other ſide …
Nehemiah Rogers · A Strange Vineyard in Palestine · p. 74 · Open in the reader
Printed
And the fairest LillieLily, spread
With rule
And the fairest LillieLily, spread
George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader
Printed
… furnace of vncleanneſſe, and yet is he there righteous among them. Yet as a LillieLily among the thornes, as a childe among the Scorpions, and as a woman groning …
With rule
… furnace of vncleanneſſe, and yet is he there righteous among them. Yet as a LillieLily among the thornes, as a childe among the Scorpions, and as a woman groning …
John Carpenter · Remember Lots Wife · Open in the reader
Printed
… made up in that day of reſtoring all things: he that bringeth forth the lillielily from under the ground in beautiful colours, exceeding the glory of king Solomon, and …
With rule
… made up in that day of reſtoring all things: he that bringeth forth the lillielily from under the ground in beautiful colours, exceeding the glory of king Solomon, and …
William Colvill · Sermons on Isaiah 11:1-10 · p. 400 · Open in the reader
Printed
… forth their branches; and make their beautie as that of the Olive tree or LillieLily, if not this fructifying ſpirit? is not he as dew to Iſrael, &c. Hoſ …
With rule
… forth their branches; and make their beautie as that of the Olive tree or LillieLily, if not this fructifying ſpirit? is not he as dew to Iſrael, &c. Hoſ …
Theophilus Gale · The Saints Amity with God in Christ · p. 102 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Chriſt; we have the like expreſſion concerning Iſrael, Hoſ. 14.5. He ſhall grow as the LillieLily, and caſt forth his roots as Lebanon; and concerning Chriſt alſo, as Chap. 53.2. He …
With rule
… Chriſt; we have the like expreſſion concerning Iſrael, Hoſ. 14.5. He ſhall grow as the LillieLily, and caſt forth his roots as Lebanon; and concerning Chriſt alſo, as Chap. 53.2. He …
Arthur Jackson · Annotations Upon Isaiah · p. 137 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Against William Lily A95877

Printed
LIllieLily is ought that's naught, Dunce, Wretch, paſt ſhame,
With rule
LIllieLily is ought that's naught, Dunce, Wretch, paſt ſhame,
John Vicars · Against William Lily · Open in the reader